After a long pause the mother answered, "I'll try and scrape together enough money to buy her textbook as soon as I pay the light bill."

I worked at my mother in law’s group home for a few years, so I guess I would ask what you mean by getting into them?

I may be able to get the Florida home to 1500/mo or so if I rent it as an Airbnb (currently mo to mo $3,300, has a fenced pool, 7 min from the beach), and I’m emotionally tied to the Florida home as I bought the home for my mother who sadly passed away in it from cancer last year.

@Matthew McNeilAlright its late for me and gotta get up early for Mothers day tomorrow.Here is the quick and dirty of why it went wrong.#1  Finding a long term tenant is difficult in any rental. 

I recently visited my mother, who rents the apartment, and I got into an argument with another tenant.

Bought from seller, after his mother passed away.

Now that I think of it I had a friend whose mother bought a lot for $800k ski/in-ski/out to build on and before she broke ground she got an offer for triple the price she paid within one year of her purchase.

I'm trying to imaging my mother, who is about your age, becoming a landlady.

My Mother passed this year and had all her real estate (8 rental properties netting about $100k per year)  in a revocable trust I'm the trustee of the trust now. 

This house-hack included a separate Mother in Law apt.